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If you had to pick a laptop or mini-PC, which one?

I've been using an old Lenovo laptop as my server/streamer and continue to have issues getting it to work correctly.  So, I'm thinking of replacing it with something more updated.  

Considering another laptop or a min-PC.  Any opinions on good ones to look at?  I don't really care about the cost because I doubt it could be more than some of the music server/streamers that are out now.  




soundchasr
erik_squires
15,667 posts
 
For the money and hardware flexibility Roon is hard to beet.

Still, a single board computer (SBC) is what I would do if I didn’t want to pay full price for a "high end" streamer.

Whichever direction  you go, I suggest a small appliacne with iPhone/Android control is the way to go.

djones51
4,947 posts
 
Are you going to use the laptop for anything other than streaming music?
soundchasr OP
159 posts
 
@djones51 - Only streaming and playing local FLACs.  That's it. 
soundchasr OP
159 posts
 
@erik_squires - I was using a Raspberry Pi 4 for a while but I couldn't do Deezer or Amazon HD without using Squeezebox and that just didn't look ideal.  
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fuzztone
5,498 posts
 
Could be a lot more than some of the streamers available now and WILL sound a lot worse. The only thing audio they are good for is setting up playlists on streaming apps. A $450 streamer will blow away computer sound.
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